Stories of COVID-19: Community, Part 2
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In Part 2 of this episode, we have THREE more stories about how our storytellers are finding community during the pandemic. Don't forget, you can find transcripts and photos from all of our stories on our website.
Our first story is from Adam Wade, author of the bestselling Audible Original You Ought to Know Adam Wade. In his story, Adam prepares to celebrate his birthday alone during the pandemic.
Our second story comes to us from one of our online story slams! In this story, Amy Segal forms an attachment to a crow she sees on her daily walks during lockdown.
Our final story of “Community,” is from Eve Alvarez, a doula, mom, and social entrepreneur. Overwhelmed with responsibilities during the pandemic, Eve Alvarez seizes the opportunity to march for black lives with her teenage son.
Stay tuned for our next episode, “Clarity,” on Friday!
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| 0:44.3 | Hello, and welcome back to Story Clyder's Stories of COVID-19 series. I'm your host, Artistic Director Aaron Barker, and today we're bringing you part two of our episode on Community. |
| 0:52.3 | And we actually have three stories for you today instead of two. You're in luck. Two of our episode on Community. And we actually have three stories for you today instead of two. |
| 0:56.0 | You're in luck. Two of our stories are very short, so I thought I'd include them both. |
| 1:01.1 | Each of these stories is a really wonderful sort of day in the life of a different person seeking |
| 1:05.9 | community during the pandemic. And I think y'all really appreciate these different points of |
| 1:10.4 | view. |
| 1:11.8 | If you missed part one of community, we shared a story from astrophysicist Emily Levesque |
| 1:17.1 | about what happens to astronomers when all of the telescopes shut down. |
| 1:21.7 | We also spoke with scientist Aaron Heller about his work on how new and diverse experiences |
| 1:26.2 | affect our well-being. |
| 1:30.0 | If you missed it, definitely check it out. |
| 1:35.7 | For now, we'll dive into our stories from Part 2, starting with our two shorter stories. |
| 1:39.7 | Our first story today comes from storyteller Adam Wade. |
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